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Los Angeles: Light Rail construction started on a nearly two-mile Metro regional connector KCBS Los Angeles LOS ANGELES- Crews have started construction on a nearly two-mile Metro regional connector that will eventually allow passengers to take a single trip to reach far-flung suburbs from Azusa to Long Beach. Mayor Eric Garcetti and U.S Secretary of […]

Etihad Airways showed off its first A380 superjumbo Etihad Airways and Airbus celebrated the roll out of Etihad Airways’ first A380, featuring the elegant new ‘Facets of Abu Dhabi’ livery design. The new design is unveiled to representatives of the world’s media at a ceremony at the Airbus Finkenwerder facility in Hamburg, Germany. Etihad has […]

Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE – Asia’s billionaires led by Chinese tycoons enjoyed the fastest increase in their wealth this year compared to their peers in the rest of the world, a report said Wednesday. The combined wealth of Asia’s billionaires grew 18.7 percent from last year to $1.41 trillion, said […]

NASA’s newest Mars mission spacecraft enters orbit around red planet NASA news release NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft successfully entered Mars’ orbit at 10:24 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere as never done before. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to […]

London’s newest skyscraper The “122” Leadenhall Building or “Cheesegrater” is pre-fab The Leadenhall Building stands 225 m (737 ft) tall and is located in City of London financial district. The City of London is the historic city center of London and the location for many of Greater London’s financial sector. By Olivia Rzadkiewicz Bloomberg The […]

ACI releases 2013 World Airport Traffic Report 17 September 2014 Airports Council International (ACI) Montréal – Airports Council International (ACI) has released the latest edition of the World Airport Traffic Report. With comprehensive data coverage for almost 2,000 airports in 160 countries worldwide, ACI’s flagship publication remains the authoritative source and industry reference for the […]

NFL: New Atlanta Falcons stadium begins to take shape The Georgia World Congress Center Authority and Atlanta Falcons worked toward an agreement for a new retractable roof stadium to be built on the Georgia World Congress Center campus. Scheduled to open for the 2017 NFL season, the new stadium will serve as the home of […]

U.S. DOT Announces 72 TIGER ’14 Awards in 46 States and DC U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces 72 TIGER 2014 Recipients: Demand Demonstrates Need for Greater Transportation Investment through GROW AMERICA ACT U.S. Department of Transporatation WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, on September 12, 2014, announced that the Department of Transportation would provide […]

Caracas is finally ending the ‘world’s tallest squat’ Andrew Rosati PRI The World It’s been called the world’s tallest slum — a 45-story vertical squatters’ haven with thousands of people living in an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas. It has grabbed international headlines and been the focus of hundreds of photo essays. It was even featured […]

OPAL card rollout for train commuters a big success Sydney officially switches to smart card for public transit Jacob Saulwick The Sydney Morning Herald SYDNEY- Just before 9am on Monday, Fergus Gammie, the point man at Transport for NSW for the Opal card project, was wearing a wry smile as he stood next to the […]